Diseases of Hormone Synthesis or Function

Last Updated: May 2, 2024 Introduction to Graves Disease Graves disease is a disorder that was originally described by the Irish physician, Robert James Graves in 1835. His original description referred to the disease as "exophthalmic goiter". Graves disease is now...

Last Updated: May 2, 2024 Introduction to Addison Disease Adrenal insufficiency describes a related group of disorders that are generally divided into two broad categories. Disorders that are due to a primary inability of the adrenal glands to synthesize and secrete...

Last Updated: September 15, 2022 Introduction to Cushing Syndrome and Cushing Disease Hypercortisolemia is the hallmark symptom in both Cushing disease and Cushing syndrome. Cushing syndrome is the disorder first described by Harvey Cushing in 1932 in several patients...

Last Updated: December 8, 2023 Introduction to the Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasias The congenital adrenal hyperplasias (CAH) are a group of inherited disorders that result from mutations in one of several genes involved in adrenal cortical steroid...